Squandering Government Funds: Sex, Animals and Financial Waste

In 1961, the U.S. report entitled Action for Mental Health opened the door to unlimited mental health research and funding without accountability for results. But even prior to the report’s release, the National Institute of Mental Health began awarding what has amounted to over $10 billion (€7.87 billion) in government grants to psychiatric research, with outcomes intended to benefit not only the U.S. but also other countries with which NIMH has close relationships.¹

And the actual outcomes and benefits of this research? TIME reported, "...there are no cures for mental illness—only lifelong management—and treatment is highly unpredictable"!

¹ Erica Goode, “Tireless, Outspoken and Atypical, Mental Health Chief Rocks the Boat,” The New York Times, 15 June 1999; www.scitechresources.gov.

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